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Genocide in Contemporary Children's and Young Adult Literature - Cambodia to Darfur (Hardcover, New)
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Genocide in Contemporary Children's and Young Adult Literature - Cambodia to Darfur (Hardcover, New)
Series: Children's Literature and Culture
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This book studies children's and young adult literature of genocide
since 1945, considering issues of representation and using
postcolonial theory to provide both literary analysis and
implications for educating the young. Many of the authors visited
accurately and authentically portray the genocide about which they
write; others perpetuate stereotypes or otherwise distort, demean,
or oversimplify. In this focus on young people's literature of
specific genocides, Gangi profiles and critiques works on the
Cambodian genocide (1975-1979); the Iraqi Kurds (1988); the Maya of
Guatemala (1981-1983); Bosnia, Kosovo, and Srebrenica (1990s);
Rwanda (1994); and Darfur (2003-present). In addition to critical
analysis, each chapter also provides historical background based on
the work of prominent genocide scholars. To conduct research for
the book, Gangi traveled to Bosnia, engaged in conversation with
young people from Rwanda, and spoke with scholars who had traveled
to or lived in Guatemala and Cambodia. This book analyses the ways
contemporary children, typically ages ten and up, are engaged in
the study of genocide, and addresses the ways in which child
survivors who have witnessed genocide are helped by literature that
mirrors their experiences.
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